Monday, March 31st, 2025

No Rogue Rulings: The House is set to hold a floor vote this week on H.R.1526, which would limit the power of district judges to impose nationwide injunctions. The 2-page bill would limit the power of the 677 District Court judges to issue injunctions that restrict those beyond the parties directly involved in a case, effectively blocking nationwide injunctions. This comes after Judge James Boasberg barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants. 

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility: The House is also set to take up H.R.22, which would require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering an individual to vote in a federal election. The bill sets forth a universe of acceptable means for demonstrating citizenship and directs states to establish an alternative process for those who lack documentary proof of citizenship, but who are, in fact, citizens. It requires states to establish a process for removing non-citizens from existing voter rolls and adds federal penalties for knowingly registering a non-citizen to vote in a federal election.

Debt Limit: Lawmakers are staring down a deadline of August or September to raise or suspend the debt limit to allow the Treasury Department to continue to meet its financial obligations. The agency has been operating under "extraordinary measures" since late January. But if the government's borrowing needs are more than the CBO projects, the Treasury Department could hit the cap in "late May or sometime in June."

Budget Resolution: A compromise budget resolution could hit the Senate floor for a so-called vote-a-rama as soon as this week, teeing up the budget reconciliation blueprint for potential House adoption ahead of the two-week April recess. The compromise would provide a different, lower set of spending-cut targets for Senate committees than for their House counterparts.